diff --git a/prospector/commit_processor/feature_extractor.py b/prospector/commit_processor/feature_extractor.py
index 3f7d505df..a3a5b8c06 100644
--- a/prospector/commit_processor/feature_extractor.py
+++ b/prospector/commit_processor/feature_extractor.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def extract_features(commit: Commit, advisory_record: AdvisoryRecord) -> CommitF
     references_ghissue = extract_references_ghissue(commit.ghissue_refs)
     n_changed_files = extract_n_changed_files(commit.changed_files)
     contains_jira_reference = extract_contains_jira_reference(commit.jira_refs)
+    vulnerability_timestamp = extract_vuln_timestamp(advisory_record)
     commit_feature = CommitFeatures(
         commit=commit,
         references_vuln_id=references_vuln_id,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def extract_features(commit: Commit, advisory_record: AdvisoryRecord) -> CommitF
         references_ghissue=references_ghissue,
         n_changed_files=n_changed_files,
         contains_jira_reference=contains_jira_reference,
+        vulnerability_timestamp=vulnerability_timestamp,
     )
     return commit_feature
 
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ def extract_changes_relevant_path(
     return any([changed_path in relevant_paths for changed_path in changed_paths])
 
 
+def extract_vuln_timestamp(advisory_record: AdvisoryRecord) -> int:
+    return advisory_record.published_timestamp
+
+
 def extract_avg_hunk_size(hunks: "list[tuple[int]]") -> int:
     n_hunks = len(hunks)
 
diff --git a/prospector/commit_processor/test_feature_extractor.py b/prospector/commit_processor/test_feature_extractor.py
index 6dfe09c7e..809e1d8ab 100644
--- a/prospector/commit_processor/test_feature_extractor.py
+++ b/prospector/commit_processor/test_feature_extractor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     extract_references_ghissue,
     extract_references_vuln_id,
     extract_time_between_commit_and_advisory_record,
+    extract_vuln_timestamp,
 )
 from .preprocessor import preprocess_commit
 
@@ -60,6 +61,18 @@ def test_time_between_commit_and_advisory_record():
     assert extract_time_between_commit_and_advisory_record(142, 100) == 42
 
 
+def test_extract_vuln_timestamp():
+
+    advisory_record = AdvisoryRecord(
+        vulnerability_id="TEST",
+        repository_url="https://github.com/apache/struts",
+        published_timestamp=100,
+        paths=["pom.xml"],
+    )
+
+    assert extract_vuln_timestamp(advisory_record) == 100
+
+
 def test_extract_changes_relevant_path():
     path_1 = "a/b.py"
     path_2 = "a/c.py"
diff --git a/prospector/datamodel/commit_features.py b/prospector/datamodel/commit_features.py
index d33d9899f..3d6023be4 100644
--- a/prospector/datamodel/commit_features.py
+++ b/prospector/datamodel/commit_features.py
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ class CommitFeatures(BaseModel):
     n_hunks: int = 0
     n_changed_files: int = 0
     contains_jira_reference: bool = False
+    vulnerability_timestamp: int = 0
diff --git a/prospector/datamodel/commit_features_test.py b/prospector/datamodel/commit_features_test.py
index 49d00ddb8..709a0cc9b 100644
--- a/prospector/datamodel/commit_features_test.py
+++ b/prospector/datamodel/commit_features_test.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def test_simple():
         references_ghissue=True,
         n_changed_files=44,
         contains_jira_reference=True,
+        vulnerability_timestamp=100,
     )
 
     assert commit_features.commit.repository == "https://github.com/abc/xyz"
@@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ def test_simple():
     assert commit_features.references_ghissue
     assert commit_features.n_changed_files == 44
     assert commit_features.contains_jira_reference
+    assert commit_features.vulnerability_timestamp == 100